Collapsible table or seat.



M. SMI LJANIG.

GOLLAPSIBLE TABLE 0R SEAT.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 14, 1909. I

Patented July 26, 1910.

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COLLAPSIBLE TABLE OR SEAT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July as, role.

Application filed August 14, 1909. Serial No. 512,827.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARK SMILJANro, a citizen of Austria-Hungary,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certaln new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Tables orSeats, specification.

My invention relates to improvements in collapsible tables or seats, theinvention being capable of embodiment in various forms of collapsible orknockdown furniture, such as chairs, benches, stools, and the like.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a generally improvedcollapsible or knockdown article of furniture of the character indicatedwhich will be exceedingly simple in construction, cheap of manufacture,and efiicient in use.

With the above mentioned ends 'in view the invention consists in thenovel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafterdescribed, illustrated in one of its embodiments in the accompanyingdrawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

Referring to the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure lis a perspective view of a table or'seat constructed in accordance withmy invention. Fig. 2, a plan view of the under side of the same in itsfolded or knockdown position.- Fi 3, a longitudinal sectional view takenthrough line 3,3, of Fig. '2. Fig. 4, a "detail view of the lon itudinalbrace bar or member for securing t e leg pedestals in their upright orset up position. Fig. '5, a view of a modified form of same.

Similar numerals of reference designate like parts throughout all thefigures of the drawin s.

The improved collapsible article of furniture comprises a table-top orseat portion 1,

adapted to be supported in its set up position b means of suitable legsor uprights hinge ly secured thereto, said legs or uprights, in thepresent instance, comprising legpedestals 2, hingedly secured to theunder side and near each e'ndthereof b -means of hinged members 3,secured to t e inner sides of the base ortions, 2 of the pedestals l andthe under side of the adjacent tabletop 1. By reason of the hingedmountings just described the leg-pedestals are adapted to be foldedinwardly toward each other with their free or tread portions 2 meetingof which the following is a near the center of the table-top and restingin a common horizontal plane beneath the same as shown most clearly inFigs. 2, and 3, of the drawings.

By reason of the relative position of the parts just described, the-legpedestals are adapted to be stopped in their distended or uprightpositions at substantially right angles to the table-top or seatportion, and as a means for securely bracing and supporting saidleg-pedestals in their set up position, a longitudinal brace bar ormember 4, is provided, said brace member being adapted to rest or beseated Within a longitudinal pocket-groove 5,'on theunder side of thetable-top when the leg pedestals are folded, and having its endsextending or projecting beyond the places of the leg-pedestals andprovided with guide-ways or recesses 6, adapted to take into and beseated within adjacent guide-slots 7, formed in the base portions of theleg-pedestals when the latter are set up, as shown most clearly in Fig.1, of the drawin s. It will be observed that the guide-slots 7, of theleg-pedestals 2, intersect or communicate with. the pocketgroove' 5, andthat they' extend in alinement therewith when the leg-pedestals are intheir folded or knockdown positions, as shown most clearly in Fig. 1, ofthe drawings.

Recess-pockets 8, are formed in the 11n'- der side of the table-top andextending from each side of the pocket-groove midway between theendsthereof whereby the intermediate portion of the brace bar or member4, may be readily grasped by the fingers of the hand in the act ofwithdrawing the brace bar from the pocket-groove 5, and entering orpassing the ends of the same into the adjacent guide-slots 7, of thelogpedestals when the latter are set up.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the operation and advantages of my invention willbe readily understood.

Having thus described an embodiment of my invention, what I claim anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is,

A table, comprising a table-top provided on its under side with alongitudinal pocketgroove, leg-pedestals provided with hinges at theirinner sides and secured to the under side of said table-top whereby saidleg-pedestals-may be folded inwardly toward. each other and will bestopped when unfolded at right angles to said table-top, saidleg-pedseated in said guide-slots of said leg-pedes- 10 estals beingprovided with guide-[slots in; open tals when the latter are set up.communication with said pocket-groove, and In testimony whereof I haveaffixed my a, brace Igember ll'ie'stilng in bsaidl pfocllaeizisignzture, in presence of two witnesses. groove an retaine t erein y t eo e a leg-pedestalgsaid brace member having its MARK SMILJANIC' endsextending beyond the hinged portions Vitnesses:

of said leg-pedestals and provided with O. C: BILLMAN,

guide-recesses adapted to pass into and be R. A. GASTNER.

